§ 10-64. Special event permit.

(a)

Any person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, organization, or other entity, not otherwise exempted hereby, wishing to sponsor an event utilizing the public streets, public property, or city owned facilities located within the corporate limits of this city shall be required to obtain a Special Event Permit from the Tax and Permits Office of the City of Abbeville in accordance with the following procedure.

(b)

Not less than sixty (60) days prior to the proposed special event, the sponsor of said event shall obtain an application form from the tax and permits office which shall be completed in accordance with the instructions contained therein, and shall be returned, not later than forty-five (45) days prior to the proposed special event, to the said tax and permits for review by the said office and the city attorney. In addition to the attachments and certificates required by the application, if the sponsor is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other organization it shall attach a certified copy of its articles of incorporation, or organization; a certified copy of its by-laws; a certificate of incumbency; as well as a certificate of good standing from the Secretary of State (if applicable) and from Internal Revenue Service if a non-profit organization.

(c)

The sponsor shall provide and pay for event security as determined necessary and proper by the chief of police. The event security shall be selected by the applicant from a list of licensed, bonded, and insured providers as may be determined by the chief of police and approved from time to time, by the council. An executed contract between the sponsor and the event security provider shall be attached to the application.

(d)

The sponsor shall obtain general liability event insurance with an approved provider with the City of Abbeville, its officers, employees and agents as a named insured. The minimum amount of acceptable coverage shall be two million dollars ($2,000,000.00). A valid certificate of insurance shall be attached to the application.

(e)

If the application complies with this section as to form and content as determined by the tax and permits office and the city attorney, said application shall be placed on the agenda of a city council meeting to be held not less than thirty (30) days prior to the proposed special event.

(f)

The city council, after review of the application, may either authorize the issuance of the special event permit, or place appropriate conditions thereon which must be met by the sponsor prior to the issuance thereof, or if good cause is given may reject the application.

(g)

If the city council authorizes the issuance of the special event permit the sponsor shall provide the tax and permits office with a copy of its insurance policy for review and comment prior to the issuance of the permit, and the personal guarantees in favor of the City of Abbeville which have been duly executed by the officers, directors, or members of the sponsor.

(Ord. No. 09-05, 4-21-09; Ord. No. 11-02, 5-17-11; Ord. No. 12-06, 10-16-12)